Government cuts National Day costs

The Luxembourg government cut spending on National Day festivities in 2014, with the official ceremonies costing a combined 119,850 euros.

21.07.2014

(CS) The Luxembourg government cut spending on National Day festivities in 2014, with the official ceremonies costing a combined 119,850 euros.

This year saw a shake-up of National Day celebrations in the Grand Duchy. The morning Te Deum at Notre Dame Cathedral was scrapped as the official state event and replaced by a secular ceremony at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg City.

The Catholic church's celebratory mass was held as a separate event organised by the Archdiocese later in the afternoon on June 23, following the traditional military parade down Avenue de la Liberté.

The new state event at the Luxembourg City theatre came with a price tag of 39,500 euros, bringing the cost of all official state events up to just under 120,000 euros.

In past years, the cost was at 124,000 euros, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel revealed in answer to a parliamentary question by CSV MP Marc Spautz.